Regional integration and export diversification in MERCOSUR: the case of Argentina and Brazil

Includes bibliography

Creative industries in the Caribbean: a new road for diversification and export growth

Includes bibliography

Technological dimensions of economic diversification and development in the Caribbean with specific reference to the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)

Includes bibliography

The international trade position of Argentina. Towards a process of export diversification?

Includes bibliography.

Panorama da Inserção Internacional da América Latina e Caribe 2015. A crise do comércio regional: diagnóstico e perspectivas. Documento informativo

Apresentação .-- Síntese. A. A incerteza e o lento crescimento mundial exacerbam as debilidades da região. B. Espaços para obter uma maior diversificação do comércio e dos encadeamentos com a China. C. A América Latina e o Caribe devem avançar na agenda de facilitação do comércio.

Panorama de la Inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe 2015. La crisis del comercio regional: diagnóstico y perspectivas

En la edición 2015 del Panorama de la Inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe se analiza, desde la perspectiva del comercio, el contexto internacional y regional. Desde esa perspectiva, la región enfrenta el contexto económico internacional más desfavorable desde 2009. Más aún, la profundización de la especialización en recursos naturales durante el ciclo de altos precios y la persistencia de una estructura productiva con reducidas capacidades tecnológicas dificultan salir de la compleja coyuntura actual. En este marco, la CEPAL insta a los países a promover la integración económica regional, porque avanzar hacia un espacio integrado y con reglas comunes es indispensable para promover los encadenamientos productivos, aumentar la resiliencia del comercio intrarregional y favorecer la diversificación productiva y exportadora.

Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2015. The regional trade crisis: assessment and outlook.

With external conditions sluggish and highly uncertain as the global economy still struggles to shake off the effects of the economic crisis of 2008-2009, the Latin American and Caribbean region is not isolated from these effects and is projected to record a small drop in gross domestic product (GDP) in 2015, followed by a weak recovery in 2016. Against this backdrop, 2015 will be the third consecutive year of increasing declines in regional export values; a state of affairs not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s. This poor performance reflects the end of the commodity price boom, the slowdown of the Chinese economy, the weak recovery of the eurozone and the lacklustre economic activity in the region, particularly in South America.